May 19, 2025

30 ROTC members receive military commissions

Air Force, Army and Naval ROTC members march to the Pinnacle Bank Arena stage to recite the oath of enlistment during the afternoon undergraduate commencement ceremony May 17 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Liz McCue | University Communication and Marketing

Liz McCue | University Communication and Marketing
Air Force, Army and Naval ROTC members march to the Pinnacle Bank Arena stage to recite the oath of enlistment during the afternoon undergraduate commencement ceremony May 17 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Thirty members of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Reserve Officer Training Corps received military commissions May 16-17.

Seventeen cadets in Army ROTC were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army on May 16; six midshipmen in Navy ROTC received commissions May 17, four as ensigns in the U.S. Navy and two as second lieutenants in the U.S. Marine Corps; and seven cadets in Air Force ROTC were commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force on May 17.

Following is a list by hometown of new officers, with rank and service branch.

Nebraska

Blair:

  • 2nd Lt. Charlie Gale, Army

Elkhorn:

  • 2nd Lt. Nathaniel M. Robinson, Army

Fort Calhoun:

  • 2nd Lt. Rianna E. Wells, Army

Fremont:

  • Ensign Olivia Lee Nolan, Navy

Greenwood:

  • 2nd Lt. Jocelyn M. Cheek, Army

Kearney:

  • 2nd Lt. Cade S. Haffener, Army

Lincoln:

  • 2nd Lt. Grant M. Bowden, Air Force
  • 2nd Lt. Emily A. Korinek, Army
  • 2nd Lt. Wyatt R. Vivier, Air Force

Omaha:

  • 2nd Lt. Ethan C. Forcade, Air Force
  • 2nd Lt. Jacob R. Lang, Army
  • 2nd Lt. Ethan E. McClure, Army
  • 2nd Lt. Erbey H. Uribe, Army

Papillion:

  • 2nd Lt. Grace Charlesworth, Army
  • 2nd Lt. John C. Lindsay, Army
  • 2nd Lt. Alexander T. Ruckman, Army

Pawnee City:

  • 2nd Lt. Kolby D. Daily, Army

Plainview:

  • 2nd Lt. Colton J. Choat, Air Force

Tecumseh:

  • 2nd Lt. Scott Wesley Johnson, Marine Corps

Elsewhere in the U.S.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:

  • 2nd Lt. Lizzy I. Kurys-Bozeman, Army
  • 2nd Lt. Logan R. Meyer, Army

Geneva, Illinois:

  • 2nd Lt. Raegan J. Lubben, Air Force

Matteson, Illinois:

  • Ensign John Francois Perrot, Navy

Lenexa, Kansas:

  • 2nd Lt. Grant T. Grosserode, Air Force

Rockford, Michigan:

  • 2nd Lt. Colin Elwyn Harju, Marine Corps

Plymouth, Minnesota:

  • Ensign Joshua Michael Morgan, Navy

Edmond, Oklahoma:

  • 2nd Lt. Maggie R. Gochenour, Air Force

Sioux Falls, South Dakota:

  • 2nd Lt. Easton Bauers, Army

Argyle, Texas:

  • Ensign Grady Scott Henexson, Navy

Brookfield, Wisconsin:

  • 2nd Lt. Natalie E. Karrels, Army

News Release Contact(s)

Detachment Commander, Air Force ROTC
Commanding Officer, Army ROTC; Professor of Military Science
Commanding Officer, Naval ROTC

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Air Force, Army and Naval ROTC members march to the Pinnacle Bank Arena stage to recite the oath of enlistment during the afternoon undergraduate commencement ceremony May 17 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Liz McCue | University Communication and Marketing